Cabinet and rack for timekeepers.



No. 805,377. PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905. A. A. NEWMAN. CABINET AND BACK FOR TIMEKBEPERS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.9, 1904.

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' CABINET AND BACK FOR TIMEKEEPBRS.

APPLICATION FILED 8313119, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CABINET AND RACK FOR TIMEKEEPERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed September 9, 1904:. Serial No. 223.810.

T 0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM A. NEWMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinets and Racks for Timekeepers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cabinets and racks for timekeepers; and its object is to produce adevice of this class which shall have certain advantages which will appear more fully and at large in the course of this specification.

My invention is particularly designed to afford a case and rack for the device illustrated, described, and claimed in my application filed on even date herewith and alloted Serial No. 223,808; but it will be evident that it can be used in any device using a plurality of separate checks for the different employees.

To the above ends my invention consists in certain novel features, which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described at length herein. r

In the aforesaid drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a portion of one of the Fig. 3 is a horizontal section in the line 3 3 of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section in the line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a full-size detail section through one of the racks in the line 5 5 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the bars upon which the checks are hung.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that my improved case is made in the form of a box having a bottom A, sides A A a rear board A and a connecting-strip A extending across the upper forward corners of the sides, all rigidly secured together. To the front edge of the bottom A is hinged a front board B, which can be swung down to expose the mechanism of the timekeeper. To the top of the rear board is hinged a cover C, having at its top a slot to receive the checks hereinafter referred to. The front board is provided with a lock 6, the bolt of which en gages with a corresponding perforation in the cover 0 to hold the case closed when desired. Doors D D are hinged at the rear of the sides of the case and swing outward away from the same to expose the inner faces of the door and the outer faces of the side boards. The doors are made to extend beyond the ends of the side boards, as illustrated, so that when closed their edges will lie flush with the front face of the front board to give the box a smooth and finished corner. The two side doors D D are provided with inwardly-extending ears (Z, which swing into corresponding notches in the front edges of the side boards A A and,

the front board B is provided with pins 5 6 which pass through corresponding perforations in said cars, so that the doors D D may be swung shut and locked in place by swinging up the front board B. Either of the side doors can be swung out, however, before the front board is swung up, and the other may be locked shut in the same Way. WVhen the front board is swung up without closing the side doors, the said side doors cannot be closed, because the ears thereon engage with the pins on the front board to prevent such closing.

The side boards A A and the doors D D are hollowed out, so that a considerable space is provided between them when the doors are closed. The doors and side boards are provided within this space with a plurality of parallel horizontal slots in which are inserted the edges of check-hook bars E. The said check-hook bars are held in place by lockingbars E, which engage with their ends. These check-hook bars are made of sheet metal, having one edge turned up, as illustrated, and the upturned edge is notched to provide a plurality of pairs of upwardly-projecting tongues e e e 6 It will be seen from the drawings that the notches in these check-hook bars are differently disposed in the various pairs, so that the upwardly-projecting tongues in the pairs are at different distances from each other. In the form of the device herein illustrated, which is the preferred form of construction, four different arrangements of tongues are used. The tongues e e are the closest together, thetongues e e are slightly farther apart, and so on to the tongues e 6 which are the farthest apart. The adjacent checkhook bars are so placed that the tongues on one bar lie opposite the smooth space on the next, and the tongues e e on one bar are spaced immediately between the pairs of tongues a 6 011 the adjacent bar, so that throughout the rack the like pairs of tongues are removed as far as possible from each other. A plurality of checks F, F, F and F are provided, said checks being numbered in succession from 1 upward, and each check is provided with two holes which can be hooked over the corresponding tongues on the check-hook bars. It will be obvious that with four different arrangements of tongues four different kinds of checks must be used, having perforations at various distances from each other. Two entire sets of similar checks are provided, one being marked In and the other Out, and the same are in practice hung upon opposite sides of the cabinet.

The operation of my improved device will be readily apparent. When the checks are hung in their proper places on the tongues of the cheek-hook bars, the cabinet may be closed by swinging the side doors shut, swinging up the front board, and lowering the cover, when a single lock will secure all parts in place. Before the workmen begin to arrive in the morning the cabinet is opened and the side door bearing the checks marked In is swung out and the cabinet is locked up as before. When the workmen come in, each removes his check from the rack and drops it in the slot in the cover, whereupon it enters the mechanism set forth and described in my application above referred to. Before the workmen begin to leave the side door bearing the In checks is closed and the opposite door opened, and as the workmen leave each takes his Out check and drops it in the slot as before. The cabinet is then opened and the checks removed and replaced on the appropriate tongues. The arrangement of tongues and correspondingly-perforated checks herein shown greatly facilitates the replacing of the checks, for since a given check will only fit one pair of tongues in the region where it belongs it is practically impossible for a clerk to replace the check on the wrong hook.

In this application I have restricted myself to claiming the general form of the cabinet construction herein shown and do not claim the specific construction of the check-rack and check herein described for the reason that said check-rack and check are fully illustrated, described, and claimed in a divisional application filed in compliance with a request of the Patent Oflice on the 22d day of December, 190st, and allotted Serial No. 237,893.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of this construction without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I therefore do not intend to limit myself to the specific form herein shown and described.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a bottom, rear and side boards, ofdoors hinged outside the side boards, check-racks mounted on the side boards, a hinged front board having devices engaging with the side doors when closed to lock them shut and to prevent their closing when opened.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a bottom, a rear board and two side boards, and check-racks on the side boards, of doors hinged to the side boards and arranged to inclose the check-racks, a hinged front board, devices on the front board engaging the side doors to lock the same shut or to hold them open, a cover swinging down to meet the free edge of the front board, and means for locking the cover and front board together whereby a single lock secures the entire structure in the desired position.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a bottom, a rear board and two side boards, and cheek-racks on the side boards, of doors hinged to the side boards and arranged to inclose the check-racks, a hinged front board, perforated ears on the front edges of the doors, pins on the front board adapted to engage said ears, the cover swinging down to meet the free edges of the front board and means for locking the cover and front board together whereby a single lock secures the entire structure in position.

In witness whereof I have signed the above application for Letters Patent, at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, this 2d day of September, A. D. 1904:.

ABRAHAM A. NEWMAN.

Witnesses:

PosEY Ross, GEORGE F. BALDRY. 

